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OBERLEITNER, Franz 1829 - 1897
born: St. Peter in der Au died: Gmunden
Priest in Ort near Gmunden. Botanist.

Biography: Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 3: 72. 1897 (Obituary).
GOET: Austria, generally upper Austria (in F. SCHULTZ, Herb. Norm.).


OBORNY, Adolf 1840 - 1924
born: Swata near Steinitz (Zdánice) died: Znaim (Znojomo)
Teacher at the "Realschule" in Znaim. Director of a "Oberrealschule" in Leipnik from 1898 to 1907 before spending his retirement in Znaim. Botanist "Flora von Mähren und Oesterr. - Schlesien" (1886).

Biography: Verh. Naturf. Ver. Brünn 59: XXVII - XXX. 1925.
GRUMMANN 1974.
Herbarium: MZ
GOET: Moravia, partly in exsiccate.


OCHSENIUS, Carl Christian 1830 - 1906
born: Kassel died: Marburg a. L.
Emigrated to Chile in 1851 having studied mining. Expedition with PHILIPPI. Head of a coal works in Coronel 1858 - 69. Later worked as mining surveyor in other countries.

Biography: Abh. Ber. Ver. Naturk. Kassel 51: 137 - 138. 1907.
Festschrift: Dr. Carl Ochsenius in Ber. Naturwiss. Ges. Chemnitz 23. 1931.
Lebensbilder Kurhessen Waldeck 2: 281 - 290. 1940.
GOET: Chile "prope Coronel". 1862 / 65, also Bry (acc. 1866).


OESTERREEICH, Herbert 1914 - 2000
born: Thorn [Torun] died: Göttingen
Teacher, crop grower after 1945, following which became a teacher at a "Realschule" in Göttingen. Also temporarily in South America. Botanist, specialised in Orchidaceae.

Biography: by word of mouth, obituary notice
Herbarium: GOET (acc. 1970 / 1980), JE. Mainly a collection from central Germany (area
surrounding the Harz, Harz, Thüringen). 1948 - 51.

OERTEL, Heinrich Albert 1834 - 1885

Biography: H. OSSWALD 1950.
GOET: Hessen, ca. 1870 / 71.


OLDHAM, Richard 1837 - 1864
died: Amoy, China
English gardener, collected specimens for Kew from east Asia.

Biography: J. Bot., London 4: 239 - 240. 1866.
BRETSCHNEIDER 1898: 682 - 688.
Fl. Males. ser. I. 1: 393. 1950.
DESMOND 1977.
Herbarium: K, BM
GOET: Japan, 1862 (Hb. Gris. ex K).


ORTLOFF, Fr. - 1896
Bryologist in Coburg.

Biography: Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ver. N. F. 32: 15. 1915. (Short mention).
FRAHM & EGGERS 2001: 363.
GOET: Bry. Coburg, Fichtelgebirge, Thüringen, 1885 / 86 (Hb. Vo.).


OSSWALD (Oßwald), Louis 1854 - 1918
born: Ranis (Thüringen) died: Nordhausen
Teacher, in Nordhausen from 1886. Botanist (also cryptogams).

Biography: GRUMMANN 1974.
K. KELLNER 1980 in Beitr. Heimatkunde Stadt und Kreis Nordhausen 5: 33.
Herbarium: Destroyed in 1945.
GOET: A few specimens from Thüringen, Harz (partly Hb. Vo.).


OSTEN, Cornelius 1863 - 1936
born: Bremen died: Montevideo
Emigrated to Uruguay at the age of 23. Successful businessman and botanist. Owned a large herbarium. Dr. h.c. Univ. Göttingen (1934).

Biography: Physis 12: 184 - 187. 1936.
Chron. Bot. 3: 330 - 331. 1937.
Ibero - Amerik. Arch. 10: 511. 1937.
Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 207. 1940.
Herbarium: MVM
GOET: Uruguay, 1917 - 36. A few sheets, more from his herbarium (esp. Compositae)
from other collectors: JÖRGENSEN, Argentina; HERTER, Uruguay;
ROJAS, Paraguay; SCHREITER, Argentina.


OTTO, Christoph Friedrich 1783 - 1856
born: Schneeberg (Saxony) died: Berlin
Gardener and botanist. 1805 - 1843; technical boss of Berlin - Schöneberg botanical gardens.

Biography: Flora 39: 652 - 655. 1856.
Candollea 32: 199 - 200. 1977 (handwriting).
Englera 1: 1979.
Zandera 2: 2. 1983.
Herbarium: B (†)
GOET: Cultivated plants from the botanical gardens in Berlin (Hb. Herr.).